West St Leonards railway station

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General information
Location	Hastings, East Sussex
Managed by	Southeastern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WLD
Key dates
1887	Station opens

Railway stations in Hastings
Marshlink line to Ashford International Ore Mount Pleasant Tunnel ( 230 yd 210 m ) Hastings Hastings Tunnel ( 788 yd 721 m ) Hastings line to Tonbridge St Leonards Warrior Square West St Leonards Bopeep Tunnel ( 1318 yd 1205 m ) Bopeep Junction St Leonards West Marina Bulverhythe Glyne Gap Halt East Coastway line to Eastbourne & Brighton

West St Leonards railway station is on the main London - Tunbridge Wells - Hastings line in East Sussex, United Kingdom, and is one of four stations that serve Hastings. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

Services

As of May 2010 the typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Charing Cross via Tunbridge Wells, and one train per hour to Hastings.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Crowhurst		Southeastern London Charing Cross - Hastings		St Leonards Warrior Square
Crowhurst		Southeastern Peak Times Only London Cannon Street - Ore		St Leonards Warrior Square

History

It is just north of St Leonards West Marina railway station, a now disused station that was the earliest station serving the area.

Rail layout

The Hastings Line (operated by Southeastern) joins the East Coastway Line (operated by Southern) immediately east of West St Leonards, at Bo-Peep junction, just before entering Bo-Peep tunnel. Plans were made for platforms to be built on the East Coastway Line for interchange but Hastings Borough Council decided that there was no economic or passenger benefit as interchange was already available at the next station (Warrior Square).

Gallery

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  A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around West St Leonards railway station.
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  Bo-Peep junction

External links

• Train times and station information for West St Leonards railway station from National Rail